the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is … subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively related. Using a matching approach to investigate the causal effect of … subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …

Governments the world over offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of … productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As … part of this, existing restrictions on foreign ownership structure and mandatory export and technology transfer … effects of foreign acquisitions on export market entry and technology take-off and evaluate whether the level of foreign …

that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …